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Artist/Band: Hank Snow
Lyrics for Song: Hobo Bill's Last Ride
Lyrics for Album: Paving The Highway With Tears [2008]



(Waldo LaFayette O'Neal)



Riding on the eastbound freight train speeding through the night

Hobo Bill the railroad bum was fighting for his life

The sadness of his eyes revealed the torture of his soul

He raised a weak and weary hand to brush away the coal.



No warm lights flickered round him no blankets there to fold

Nothing but the howling wind the driving rain so cold

When he heard a whistle blowing in a dreamy kind of way

The hobo seemed contented for he smile there where he lay, hey.



--- Instrumental ---



Outside the rain was falling on that lonely boxcar door

But the little form of Hobo Bill lay still upon the floor

As the train sped through the darkness and the raging storm outside

No one knew that Hobo Bill was taking his last ride.



It was early in the morning when they raised the hobo's head

The smile still lingered on his face but Hobo Bill was dead

There was no mother's longing to soothe his weary soul

For he was just a railroad bum who died out in the cold...


Album Lyrics: Paving The Highway With Tears [2008]


Hank Snow
"Paving The Highway With Tears [2008]"


1. The Rhumba Boogie
2. Marriage Vow
3. Nobody's Child
4. The Anniversary of My Broken Heart
5. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
6. The Blind Boy's Dog
7. Unwanted Sign Upon Your Heart
8. Address Unknown
9. With This Ring I Thee Wed
10. Confused With the Blues
11. Paving the Highway With Tears
12. My Two Timin' Woman
13. Linda Lou
14. Hobo Bill's Last Ride